Re: [PATCH] kernel_read result fixes

[Andres Salomon]

On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 23:25 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Andres Salomon <dilinger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > A few potential vulnerabilities were pointed out by Katrina Tsipenyuk in
> >  <http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2004/Dec/1878.html>.  I haven't
> >  seen any discussion or fixes of the issue yet, so here's a patch
> >  (against 2.6.9).  The fixes are along the same lines as the previous
> >  binfmt_elf fixes.  There's one additional place (inside fs/binfmt_som.c)
> >  that a fix could be applied, but since that doesn't compile anyways, I
> >  didn't see a point in patching it.
> 
> This patch is very wrong.
> 

Yep, I already followed up saying that.  I assume you're just going
through your inbox after vacation now; it should be there.  :)


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Andres Salomon <dilinger@xxxxxxxxx>

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